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Phil Murphy Signs Order Calling for New Jersey Transit Audit

Jan 25 2018 // New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is ordering an audit of the state’s beleaguered transit agency.Murphy, a Democrat, signed the executive order calling for an audit of New Jersey Transit alongside Democratic and...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires New Jersey’s The Daniels Group

Jan 18 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired New Providence, N.J.-based The Daniels Group Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1991, The Daniels Group is a full-service employee benefits consultant and...

Alera Group Acquires New Jersey’s FIRM Inc.

Jan 17 2018 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired FIRM Inc., an insurance agency located in Mahwah, N.J. Terms of the transaction were not...

New Jersey-Based Clermont Specialty Managers Rebrands as Berkley Luxury Group

Jan 9 2018 // Clermont Specialty Managers, a Berkley Company, is expanding its service offerings nationwide and rebranding as Berkley Luxury Group with two divisions, Berkley Luxury Real Estate Specialists and Berkley Fine Dining...

New Jersey’s New Day Underwriting Managers Promotes Burrows

Jan 8 2018 // New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, a specialty intermediary of environmental and construction-related professional liability insurance coverage based in Hamilton, N.J., has promoted Stacy Burrows to senior accounting and...

Top Insurance Journal East Stories of 2017

Dec 29 2017 // As 2017 wraps up, Insurance Journal is looking back on some of its most popular stories of the year while preparing for what is ahead for the insurance industry in 2018.These are just a few of many topics Insurance Journal...

New Jersey Contractor Hit with Fraud Charges Over Post-Sandy Work

Dec 28 2017 // A contractor who performed work on Superstorm Sandy-damaged homes pressured customers into signing contracts and then performed shoddy work it failed to correct, state prosecutors alleged Tuesday.State Attorney General...

New Jersey’s Selective Insurance Group Announces Officer Appointments

Dec 18 2017 // Selective Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Branchville, N.J.-headquartered Selective Insurance Group Inc., has announced several officer appointments.It has appointed Matthew Caton to vice president of...

N.Y. Supreme Court Says Coverage Applies in World Trade Center Asbestos Injury Suit

Dec 18 2017 // The Supreme Court of the State of New York has ruled that American Home Assurance Co. must defend contractors and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey against asbestos claims from construction workers who became...

Brightway Insurance Continues U.S. Expansion with First New Jersey Store

Dec 15 2017 // Brightway Insurance is continuing its expansion across the U.S. with the opening of its first store in New Jersey.Brothers Michael, Robert and Ray Norton will open Brightway, The Norton Agency in Blackwood, N.J., on...

Alliant Hires New Jersey-Based Blazier to Further Eastern U.S. Growth

Dec 13 2017 // Alliant’s ongoing growth campaign in the Eastern U.S. is continuing with the addition of Senior Vice President Devin E. Blazier.The New Jersey-based industry veteran has joined the company’s Alliant Americas...

New Jersey Advances Bill That Would Bar Drunken Drone Flying

Dec 12 2017 // State lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation that would bar people from operating drones while drunk.The National Conference on State Legislatures says at least 38 states are considering drone legislation this year,...

N.Y. Supreme Court Says Coverage Applies in World Trade Center Asbestos Injury Suit

Dec 7 2017 // The Supreme Court of the State of New York has ruled that American Home Assurance Company must defend contractors and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey against asbestos claims from construction workers who...

The Hilb Group Acquires Majority of Assets from New Jersey’s IOA Northeast NY Inc.

Nov 16 2017 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired the majority of the assets of IOA Northeast NY Inc. (IOANE), a division of IOA National Inc. The transaction became effective November 1, 2017.Located in Florham Park, N.J., IOANE...

Family to Get $4.8M in New Jersey Crash Involving ‘Melrose’ Actress

Nov 8 2017 // The family of a woman killed in a 2010 crash involving a “Melrose Place” actress will receive a $4.8 million settlement.NJ.com reports most of the money will come from the hosts of a party where actress Amy...

Severe Weather Sweeps Through Northeast, 300,000 Without Power

Oct 31 2017 // Severe weather pounded the Northeast region with powerful winds and drenching rains early Monday, leaving nearly 300,000 without power.Southern New England appeared to suffer the brunt of the storm damage overnight....

AssuredPartners Acquires New Jersey’s Synergy Professional Associates

Oct 31 2017 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Synergy Professional Associates of Fairfield, N.J. Synergy is a managing general agent and wholesale insurance intermediary devoted to professional liability and program development.It was...

New Jersey Teen Badly Burned After Touching High Voltage Train Lines

Oct 16 2017 // A 17-year-old New Jersey teenager is in the hospital with extensive burns after he was shocked by high voltage lines on a train trestle.Lance Vargas’ grandmother says the teen is currently in the hospital with broken...

New Jersey Court Nixes Class-Action Status for TGI Friday’s Drink Suit

Oct 11 2017 // A lawsuit accusing restaurant chain TGI Friday’s of violating consumer fraud laws with its drink pricing can’t go ahead as a class action that could have included millions of members, but a similar case...

New Jersey’s World Insurance Associates Names Costa as COO

Oct 10 2017 // World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., recently named Frank P. Costa as chief operating officer.Costa’s contribution to World Insurance is focused on...